Find a used set of Snell Cv Towers for $1000 then spend the other $2000 on some new music. They have the grunt of which you seek.
Need speaker advise for "budget" speakers
Last year I bought the wonderful Symphonic Line La Musica amp second hand. I just love that amp. But now I'm getting an upgrade itch again. Maybe I just need to ignore the itch maybe I need to scratch it.
Anyway I am thinking about selling my speakers and buying other speakers. I'm looking for speaker in the €2000-€3000 range 2nd hand. My current speakers are Impulse Aria SE. They are rather nice speaker but I miss a bit of grunt. To be honest I'm not even sure if there are any speakers in my price range that can do better.
Some examples of speakers I like but are to expensive for me.
Wilson Audio Watt/Puppy 7 not the most accurate but they sure made me smile
Verety Audio Rienzi, Parcifal etc. Haven't heard the Finn. They give a really nice 3d sound stage, wide open sound.
Martin Logan, Vantage, Spire, summit. The play the music effortless, and the powered sub give that nice extra push
Totem Audio. Can't remember all the models but most of that I heard were great, I love the wind. powerful sound but not over the top.
Speakers that I didn't like.
WLM Diva monitor, only any good when you play at low volumes and simple music. Play some rock/metal at +80dB and the choke.
Transmission line speaker. The low notes always seem to be lagging behind.
Horn speaker. Great for PA not for my living room. Horn speaker sound like a horn. Klipsch Klipschorn was one of the most overpriced speakers I ever heard.
Speakers with the bass reflex port in the top or bottom. The port should be in the front or back.
Linn speakers, I heard some Linn speakers that sounded muffled. The only decent Linn speakers are the ones that are actively filtered.
Sonus Faber, great speakers but just to polite for my taste.
Speakers with overly complicated filters, many of those speakers tend to suck the life out of the music.
This Friday I will be reviewing a set of Usher mini dancer 2. The Totem mani-2 is also on my to do list. I never heard Dynaudio speakers and I’m curious about the contour S3.4 but they don’t seem to go very low.
So what do you suggest.
Anyway I am thinking about selling my speakers and buying other speakers. I'm looking for speaker in the €2000-€3000 range 2nd hand. My current speakers are Impulse Aria SE. They are rather nice speaker but I miss a bit of grunt. To be honest I'm not even sure if there are any speakers in my price range that can do better.
Some examples of speakers I like but are to expensive for me.
Wilson Audio Watt/Puppy 7 not the most accurate but they sure made me smile
Verety Audio Rienzi, Parcifal etc. Haven't heard the Finn. They give a really nice 3d sound stage, wide open sound.
Martin Logan, Vantage, Spire, summit. The play the music effortless, and the powered sub give that nice extra push
Totem Audio. Can't remember all the models but most of that I heard were great, I love the wind. powerful sound but not over the top.
Speakers that I didn't like.
WLM Diva monitor, only any good when you play at low volumes and simple music. Play some rock/metal at +80dB and the choke.
Transmission line speaker. The low notes always seem to be lagging behind.
Horn speaker. Great for PA not for my living room. Horn speaker sound like a horn. Klipsch Klipschorn was one of the most overpriced speakers I ever heard.
Speakers with the bass reflex port in the top or bottom. The port should be in the front or back.
Linn speakers, I heard some Linn speakers that sounded muffled. The only decent Linn speakers are the ones that are actively filtered.
Sonus Faber, great speakers but just to polite for my taste.
Speakers with overly complicated filters, many of those speakers tend to suck the life out of the music.
This Friday I will be reviewing a set of Usher mini dancer 2. The Totem mani-2 is also on my to do list. I never heard Dynaudio speakers and I’m curious about the contour S3.4 but they don’t seem to go very low.
So what do you suggest.
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